Kashmore District
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Kashmore district is a district of Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. The capital city is Kashmore
Kashmore
Kashmore is a town in and administrative centre for Kashmore District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan....

 which has a population of 312,500. Kashmore is bordered by Ghotki and Shikarpur other district in Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

. The district is also bordered by Rajanpur
Rajanpur
Rajanpur is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River. it is a narrow, to wide strip of land sandwiched between the Indus River on the east and the Sulaiman Mountains on the west. The...

 and Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

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Administration of Kashmore

Kashmore is divided into four tehsils. The tehsils of Kashmore include Tangwani
Tangwani
Tangwani is a small town in the Kashmore District of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located at 28°17'0N 69°0'0E with an altitude of 69 metres . Tangwani is basically Nutkani tribe...

, Kandhkot
Kandhkot
Kandhkot is the chief city of Kandhkot Taluka, Kashmore District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The city is a major hub for the grain and cattle industry. The Anaj mandi of Kandhkot is said to be the second largest grain market of Asia. Kandhkot has its own gas and oil fields...

, Kashmore
Kashmore
Kashmore is a town in and administrative centre for Kashmore District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan....

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Agriculture of Kashmore

Kashmore has a big cattle markets. It is the largest rice producing district in Asia.

Ethnic groups of Kashmore

The majority of the people living the district speak Sindhi, Siraiki and Balochi languages with fluency.The following major castes and subcaste of Baloch and Sinshis live in the district: , KHOSO',MAZARI
Mazari
Mazari may refer to:*Mazari tribe, a prominent Baloch tribe settled in Rajanpur and Sindh, Pakistan*Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan Hazara leader of Hizb-e-Wahdat*A local of Mazar-e-Sharif city in northern Afghanistan...

, Soomro
Soomro
Soomro or Soomra is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan, Pakistan.- History and origin :The Soomra Dynasty was established by the Soomro tribe of Sindh. The Soomra ruled Sindh from 750-1351. Following the 985 CE expulsion of the Qarmatian Muslim sect from Iraq and Egypt, the...

, Tanwari, Domki
Domki
Dombki is a Baloch tribe in Baluchistan, Pakistan. The Dombki is one of the major tribe in Pakistan and Iran. Dombki tribe live upper Sindh:in Jacobabad District Kashmore District and Bakhshapur....

, Gola
Gola
Gola may refer to:Groups and tribes:*Gola , in Balochistan, Pakistan*Gola people, a tribal people and language in Liberia*Gola , native to south-east Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Western Uttar Pradesh regions of IndiaPlace names:...

, Bijarani
Bijarani
Bijarani is a name of Baloch tribes in the Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan.- Prominent Bijarani personalities* Sardar SHER MUHAMMAD KHAN BIJARANI* MIR HAZAR Khan Bijarani* SARDAR MEHBOOB ALI KHAN BIJARANI* MIR SHABBIR ALI KHAN BIJARANI...

, Sawand, Bhutto
Bhutto
Bhutto is a Sindhi, Rajput tribe settled in Sindh, Pakistan.-Bhutto tribe:The Bhutto tribe is a Rajput tribe that has been settled in Sindh for over two centuries, occupying part of Balochistan in Kachhi, Sibi, Dera Murad Jamali, Bhag and Mithri, having migrated to Sindh from Jaiselmere in India...

, Sabzoi, Lashari
Lashari
Lashari is the name of a Baloch tribe in Pakistan and Iran. The Lasharis have migrated and settled in the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Indonesia, USA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, England, and many other countries of the world...

, Jakhrani
Jakhrani
The Jakhrani are a Baloch tribe in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan.- Distribution :Most of them live in Jacobabad District and Kashmore District. Mir Aijaz Hussain Khan Jakhrani is a member National Assembly affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party. Mir Aijaz Hussain Khan Jakhrani was Federal...

, Mirani
Mirani
Mirani , from the Arabic Amir Mir + -âni , meaning "The Descendants of Mir" or "Amir", is a Sindhi tribe of Baloch origin, settled in Sindh, and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan as well as Tehran, Hormozgān, Kermān, Khūzestān, South Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan provinces of Iran...

, Sundrani, Bhaya, Nindwani, Dahani, Oghahi, Suhryani, Sarki
Sirki
Sirki or Sarki is the name of a Samma Muslim Rajput tribe found in southern Punjab and Sindh, Pakistan.- Distribution :The tribe is concentrated in Districts of Jacobabad, Ranipur and Thatta...

, Chachar, Channa
Channa
Channa is a genus of the Channidae family of snakehead fishes. This genus contains about 29 species, but the most well known are probably northern snakehead and the giant snakehead . Channa has a wide natural distribution extending from Iran in the West, to China in the East, and parts of Siberia...

, Malik
Malik
Malik is an Arabic word meaning "king, chieftain".It has been adopted in various other, mainly Islamized or Arabized, Asian languages for their ruling princes and to render kings elsewhere. It is also sometimes used in derived meanings...

, Baparr.Jatoi
Jatoi
Jatoi is the name of a Baloch tribe in Sindh, Pakistan. The Jatoi originated from Balochistan.sub clans of jatoi baloch are bullo,misrani,nacharani,shar,kharoos...

. Bijarani  . Kalwar  and many castes of Hindus. BUGTI ,DASHT
Dasht
Dasht is a town and tehsil of Kharan District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The town is located at 28°36'30N 66°18'50E with an altitude of 1796 metres . The population of the tehsil as a whole was 58,621 in 1998....

,SOLANGI
Solangi
Solangi is the name of a Sindhi Muslim Rajput tribe found in Sindh and southern Punjab khyberpakhtoonkhawa in Pakistan and Afghanistan also.-History:According to traditions, the tribe is a branch of the Solanki Rajput tribe....

,JAGIRANI
Jagirani
Jagirani is the name of a Baloch tribe in the Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. They mostly speak Balochi and Sindhi.- History :It has been stated that the Balochs migrated from Aleppo, Northern Syria in the 2nd century after the Hijra...

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Geography of Kashmore

Kashmore district is situated in Northern Sindh and was formerly a sub-division of Jacobabad district. The district borders Balouchistan on one side and Punjab on the other. The Indus river
Indus River
The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...

 runs through the Eastern side of Kashmore district. The south-eatern side of Kashmore district has forest of (Katcha)that support wild animals. The Thar desert
Thar Desert
The Thar Desert |Punjab]] province. The Cholistan Desert adjoins the Thar desert spreading into Pakistani Punjab province.-Location and description:...

 falls on the Eastern side of the district, and is home to wild desert animals.

Kashmore City

Kandhkot is the district headquarters of Kashmore, and also an old city that lies on the right side of the Indus river
Indus River
The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...

. Kashmore city is a gateway to Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

 Pakistan and Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

. The city has a population of 312,500 thousand people. Also the city’s main electricity comes from the Indus river
Indus River
The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...

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